Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
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Act Like a Grown-Up
Posted on April 6, 2011
Yesterday, President Obama said that Congressional leaders should act like “grown-ups.” Good advice. I wish he would follow it. According to the dictionary definition, a grown-up is a “a fully...
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Expiration Date
Posted on April 4, 2011
As anybody who ever watched Schoolhouse Rock in the 1970’s knows (“I am just a bill, I am only a bill and I am sitting here on Capitol Hill, but...
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The 10-Year Number
Posted on April 1, 2011
It is easy to be fairly nonchalant about the current budget battle that has consumed the Congress. Pundits (myself included) have pointed out that the tens of billions of dollars...
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Opening Day
Posted on March 31, 2011
The Washington Nationals open their baseball season today against the Atlanta Braves, which got me thinking about the connections between baseball and Congress. Baseball is usually associated with the White...
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D.C. Scholarships
Posted on March 30, 2011
I was driving into work this morning, listening to Tim Farley’s always excellent morning show on the POTUS channel of XM/Sirius radio, as he interviewed Washington D.C.’s delegate to Congress,...
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